Top spinning holder



July 5, 1932. v G nosspi 1,866,486

TOP SPINNING HOLDER Filed Jan. 15, 1950 j m undo v fi/o 1/0/7/7/ fi/fossa Patented July 5, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GIOVANNI RITOSSA, 01E NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA T01? SPINNING HOLDER Application filed January 13, 1930. Serial No. 420,556.

This invention relates to a top ,spinning than the top whereby said top may spin freely device. therein while resting with its point on the The object of this device is to provide a bottom of the recess,astring inserted through holder for a top to facilitate spinning of the sa d opening and adapted to be wound on 5 same, comprising a receptacle in said holder said top within said bowl, said strlng rein which the top is placed after the string mainlng out of contact with the sldes of said is wound thereon. bowl, and a ring attached to the depending Reference is had to the accompanying end of said string. drawing in which 2- 2. A spinnlng device comprising a pipe- 1a Figure 1 is a plan view of the top and hold bowl-shaped holder, a pipe-stem-like handle so er, and integrally connected therewith, said holder Figure 2 is an elevational view partly in having a recess adapted to receive a top, said section of the same. recess being larger than the top whereby said The holder is preferably made of wood top may spin freely therein while resting 1 or any other suitable material and comprises Wlth its point on the bottom of the recess, 65 a bowl 11 and handle 12, the whole being in said holder having a transverse openlng in the form of a conventional pipe. The bowl its wall intermediate the upper and lower 11 is provided with a somewhat tapered reportions thereof to operatively receive a top cess 13 to serve as a receptacle for a top 1 1 spinnlng string therethrough to be wound on of conventional design said tOP within said bOWl. 1

Formed centrally in the wall of the bowl In testimony whereof I affix my signature. 11 is an opening 15 through which is inserted GIOVANNI RITOSSA.

one end of a string 16 prior to being wound on the top 14, the other end having attached thereto a ring 17 l 76 To spin the top, the string 16 is inserted through the opening 15 and wound on said top in the well known manner. The top is placed in the bowl 11 of the holder 10 which is held in one hand. By pulling sharply on 80 the string 16 with the other hand, the top will be caused to spin, the moving of the string 16 through the opening carrying the top upwardly which will jump out of the bowl to continue its spinning on the ground, or any other selected surface.

While a preferred embodiment of top holder has been shown, the same is susceptible of various modifications within the scope of 46 the appended claims. 9

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a top spinning device, a holder com- 45 prising a bowl, a handle integrally formed therewith said handle and bowl forming a I pipe-like unit, a recess in said bowl adapted to receive a top, a transverse opening in the wall of said bowl intermediate the top and 50 bottom thereof, a top, said recess being larger 7 

